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The Final RPS/Starboard Flatwater this Sunday 14th March. |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
Conditions at this stage look close to perfect
Forecast for Sunday
Mostly sunny. Light winds tending southeast to southwesterly up to 25 km/h during the afternoon.
City Mostly sunny.Min15 Max25
One lucky paddler will have the chance to "WIN" a 2010 Starboard SUP
Plus - there's heaps of other prizes, vouchers and giveaways.
Venue - Elwood Beach , Melways ref 67 B4
Date - Sun March 14
Time - 9.15 am onwards/registration, 10am Race.
After - Post race presentation and Bbq.
Now's the chance to prove that all of the summer paddling/training has made a difference.
Board Classes - Open, 12'6" Flat, 10'6" under, 9'6" under [Roscoe class].
Men's, Women, Junior [under 18].
Entry - SUP Vic members $10, Non-members $20. [*SUP Vic will be there on the day, so for those who haven't yet joined, here's your chance to support the our great organisation.]
Encourage friends, family etc to come along. Again, the emphasis is on fun, social, recreational paddling. For those that don't have a board, there are a limited number of boards available to use on the day. If you wish to organise one of these, call the store on 9525-6475. Boards can be collected from the store on the Friday or Saturday prior.
Hope to See You There. |
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Adrian and Matt Tour Fiji Islands |
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
We're off to explore the fiji islands by windsurfer!
Yep, this Friday 12th March Adrian Rowe and I fly into Nadi Fiji and will set sail from the mainland on Sunday to island hop our way through the islands for 2 weeks.
In addition to Adrians many talents he is a trained Naval Architect so he helped to design the ultimate board for windsurf touring.
Stuart from Dweller Designs custom made the board for us last year and we've been testing it all summer.
With the assistance of Caramel Creative we even started a new brand called Scarper Windsurfing which will develop and produce boards and equipment for other like minded windsurfers around the world.
The Tour is 373 litres, 4.2m long and has 4 storage compartments providing a total of approx 56 litres of storage volume within the board.
We used a Std Neill Pryde RSX daggerboard and mast track and i'll be using a Severne 8.5m Overdrive.
The board handles well even when loaded up with 20 -30 kg of gear and although it's not lightening fast but planing is no problem down to approx 12 knots due to it's hard rails and volume in the wide tail. It handles up to 30 knots quite comfortably (with an 8.5m) and points upwind exceptionally well.
Adrian loves traveling light so he'll be sailing a Starboard Phantom 380 with a 8.2m Naish Redline with all his gear strapped to the deck in dry bags.
After this trip we plan on building our next prototype board for touring which will be a little smaller and lighter than the Tour.
Special thanks to everyone at RPS Boardstore in Elwood Vic for all their help and support thus far, along with Overboard for their waterproof bags and Mont Equipment for their great light weight camping equipment.
For more info email Adrian Rowe
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or Matt Tonner
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or follow our blog at http://www.windsurftouring.blogspot.com/ |
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Check out some of the RPS Team and freinds in our action videos from some of your favorite sailing spots around the bay over the last season or so!